The NYC Winter Lantern Festival is a new event at Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden on the north shore of Staten Island that will include over 40 installations of larger-than-life lantern sculptures filled with light. Take a peek inside the festival grounds before it officially opens next week in this short video from our friends at the Staten Island Advance.

Watch the behind-the-scenes video of the lanterns being set up for the NYC Winter Lantern festival at Snug Harbor on Staten Island. Doors open on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. (Video: Shira Stoll)